May 19, 2016
…and psychiatry), nanoscience and radiology, chemistry and physics, computer science and mathematics. Top-ranked researchers across many disciplines and a spirit of interdisciplinary collaboration, fostered in part by UC San Diego’s relative youth among major research universities, has been an attractive lure to attract senior scientists looking to create comprehensive research…
December 14, 2022
UC San Diego Health is the only institution in the region to receive grant funding from the California Department of Health Care Access and Information to provide support for underrepresented high school students interested in entering health care.
February 7, 2024
According to experts, there is a disparity between the diversity of health care staff and the patients served.
July 18, 2012
Researchers from UC San Diego, the University of California Los Angeles and Indiana University report having found, for the first time, that atrial fibrillation or irregular heart rhythms is caused by small electrical sources within the heart, in the form of electrical spinning tops (“rotors”) or focal beats. Importantly, they…
October 19, 2017
University of California San Diego researchers have developed the first 3D spatial visualization tool for mapping “’omics” data onto whole organs. The tool helps researchers and clinicians understand the effects of chemicals, such as microbial metabolites and medications, on a diseased organ in the context of microbes that also inhabit…
March 5, 2018
On March 12, 2018, UC San Diego Health will welcome its first patients to the Koman Family Outpatient Pavilion. Located on the La Jolla campus, the new 156,000-square-foot facility represents the most recent addition to the university’s world-class medical campus. In the past five years, UC San Diego Health has…
May 12, 2021
Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine have begun a pilot clinical trial to test the efficacy of using ultrasound to stimulate the spleen and reduce COVID-19-related inflammation, decreasing the length of hospital stays.
August 12, 2014
Oncologists at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center are the first in San Diego to meld MRI technology with a traditional ultrasound prostate exam to create a three-dimensional map of the prostate that allows physicians to view growths that were previously undetectable.
September 12, 2018
A new wearable ultrasound patch that non-invasively monitors blood pressure in arteries deep beneath the skin could help people detect cardiovascular problems earlier on and with greater precision. In tests, the patch performed as well as some clinical methods to measure blood pressure. Applications include real-time, continuous monitoring of blood…
May 10, 2018
…the table with geneticists, radiologists, biomedical informatics specialists, other medical experts and computer scientists. They took up Lyon’s case. Lyon’s tumor DNA had an almost-unheard-of 100 mutations. But, based on his genetic data, the Molecular Tumor Board experts recommended a particular type of immunotherapy that is used for other types…
